The Republican journal., 1887-09-22
Literary News and Notes.

Sportsmen who want to fill game-bags with
the least possible expenditure of powder. will
be interested in Charles Ledyard Nortons illus
tratci description Of "A Pot-IIunter's Para
disc, to appear in The American Magazine for
October.
"A Bunch of Nioets' is the feictious title
of the new art book for this year. by Miss Irene
+. Jerome, of Chicago, the third in the in
cOmparahly delightful series of these exquisite
iy made gift books. published each year bv Lee
and shepard, Boston.
The Forest and Stream Publishing Co. New
York; announce for early publication "J-ncle
Lisha's Shop, or Life in Corner of Yankee.
land, by Rowland Z. Robinson. The dialect
and faithful portraiturc of Green Mountain
characters are said to be very felcitous.
In the fourth paper of his series on 1.-THE
Economic Disturbances since 1873" to appea,
| in the October popular Science Monthly. =
| Hon. David A. Wells will enforce his view
that the recent decline i'm the prices of sugar
wheat iron. and other staple articles is in each
case an inevitable sequence from great multi.
pication and cheapenng of commoditie,
through new conditions of production and
distribution, which in turn have been mainly
due to the progress of invention and dis :overy
The War Series In the Century, so far as i,
relates to the descriptions of campaigns and
battles by distinguished generals. will virtually
close with the November number Future
papers Oh this subject will be of general or a,
least untechnical sort; among them curious
and popular statistical paper on "RegimentaI
Losses in the War;" narratives of personal adj.
venture. Colonel Roses Tunnel from Libby
Prison. etc., etc. General Shcrman's article
on ''The Strategy Of the War will appear in an
early number.
The October llarper's is peculiarly rich In
fiction. Besides the serials, "April Hopes" by
llowells. and 'Narka," by Kathleen O'Meara
(Which will end in November). there is the
CONCLUDING l,: half of Blanche Willis Towards
brilliant novelette,, ''Tony, the Maid" (ilustra.
tea by ReinharU. and mastery short story by
Miss Wool>on, 'At the Chateau of Corinne j.
which weaNes strong character-study about
the famous Necker homestead on Lake Lemar
switzerland. with which Is associated the exile
OF Madame de stael and her fascinating coterie
of friends.
The Lincoln history in The Century, bv the
private secretaries of Mr.. Lincoln, Messrs. Me
oay and Hay, will deal during the coming
year with the political and military history OF
the early period of the war. New light will be
thrown upon certain events of that period by
the publication of correspondence and other
documents never before printed, and unknown
to but a small circle. The failure of comprom-
ise VIII be described and explained. as well as
Llncoln's policy. conduct and confidential cor
respondence after his election and previous to
his inauguration. The historians now enter
upon more personal part of their narrative.
'Human Life In Shakespeare by the late
Rev. Henry Giles, which was published sever.
al years ago by Lee and Shepard, Boston, is ia
be issued at once by them In new edition,
When these lectures were delivered number of
years ago before the Lowell Institute, in BOs-
ton, they created profound impression as be.
ing simply mastery essays on Shakespeare s,lcl,
as could he produced only by man of consum.
mate genius. They made renown for the learn.
ed author. The intellectual power which was
behind these extraordinary lectures has follow.
ed the common lot, and passed away; but the
work ON the Incompatible man which it wrought
out will be lasting. They are the best lectures
on Shakespeare in print. The introduction Is
ny John Boyle Okely, who says ''This is a
Noble Book
Among the earliest of the monthles, comes
Peterson for October; and capital number
1t is, both from an artistic and literary point OF
view and where fashion and household need are
concerned. Miss Bowman's serial, "AIong the
Bayou" ends this month, and is decidedly the
best she has ever written, and ''The Beaumonts
OF Beacon Street," by Frank Lee Benedict, be-
gins, and promises well. There is very anus.
ing story by Ella Rodman Church: a capital
sketch, ellis Prima-DOnna," by Mrs. Sheffey
Peters; very comprehensive letter on Paris
fashion from Mrs. Lucy Hooper; and eoodIy
list of other interesting tales and graceful
poetry. In the way of illustrations, novelties
III lady's dress, children's-tOilette, and needle
work OF all sorts, Peterson" heads the list OF
fashion-monthlies, while the reliability of its
table and sick-rOom recipes and its varied i'm.
formation on domestic matters generally rem.
der 1t invaluable to housewives and mothers